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hellokatya's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Death
Minor: Confinement and Vomit
katiebella_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Amazing. Utterly, horrifically, amazing.
A slow decent into madness........ or possession. Her husband Edward and those closest to her can't see it. Strange occurrences are written of as coincidence. Minor violent outbreaks are chalked up to stress. Somthing is going on..... dogs and small kids always know. They can't be wrong, can they?
I greatly respected the use of biblical references towards the "demon." It shows the care and research the author used when writing. Every word in this book was thought out and well placed. As a Christian, the whole thing scared me. How easily the "demon" took over. How the little clues go unnoticed and, if are noticed, are chalked up to everyday happenstance. It isn't until the entity fully took hold that the woman even noticed, and even then those closest to her dont. A gripping read in every sense of the word.
Moderate: Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Gaslighting, Death, and Murder
wrensreadingroom's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Death, Grief, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Blood, Confinement, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Child abuse, Alcohol, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Gore, and Sexual content
rosesofthespring's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Alcohol, Confinement, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Murder, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Physical abuse
Minor: Child abuse, Classism, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Child death, Death of parent, and Excrement
It's a book about demonic possession, so there are are a lot of psychosis-esque symptoms, although the main character is not actually psychotic/schizophrenic. This book may be triggering to readers with psychosis, especially those with religious delusions.madarauchiha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I liked that it wasn't a The Exorcist rip off or mimic, how bleak it was, the use of religious myth, and how fucked up the ending was.
major body horror, child abuse, death, dog attacks, dogs, drowning, homophobia, homophobic f slur, mental illness, prisons, unsanitary
medium alcohol, bone fractures, female on male rape, incest, injuries, rape, violence
minor classism, domestic abuse, drowning, drug use smoking tobacco, addiction, infidelity, parental death, psychosis?, sexual content, vomit
Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Confinement, Body horror, Child abuse, and Death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Alcohol, Rape, and Violence
Minor: Classism, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, and Drug use